Weather-strip



(No Model.)

S. FUNK.

WEATHER STRIP.

No. 328,479. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT SOLOMON FUNK, OF SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,479, dated October20 1885.

Application filed March 9, 1885. Serial No. 158,182. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, SoLoiroN'FUNK, a citizenof the United States, residing at Spirit Lake, in the county ofDickinson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in feather-Strips, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improvement upon that for which Letters Patent weregranted to me on the 3d day of February, 1885 5 and the improvementconsists in so constructing the apparatus as to dispense with pivots atthe ends of the weather-strip, jamb-plates to receive them, and arabbeted section of the threshold to retain the lower edge of the strip.

The object of the invention is to simplify and cheapen theweather-strip, to render its attachment and removal more easy andconvenient, to improve its appearance, and to facilitate the removal ofanything that may collect under it.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a vertical section of the invention, and Fig. 2 aperspective view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In my former invention, above referred to, the outer edge of theweather-strip rests in a rabbet in the threshold and the ends of thestrip are pivoted in metallic plates attached to the door-jamb. I desireto dispense with the necessity for cutting a rabbet in the threshold,forming pivots at the ends of the strip, or attaching plates to thejainb; and this I accomplish in the following simple man ner.

Instead of being, in the usual form, beveled on both sides, thecarpet-strip A has one side beveled and the other right-angled, ornearly so, as shown. On this right-angled side of the carpet-strip isplaced the weatherstrip B, its lower edge resting on the horizontalsurface of the sill and its upper edge, when the door D is open, restingagainst the edge of the carpet-strip and flush with the top thereof, inthe inclined position represented. To prevent the strip from slippingdown, its ends extend to the jamb, or nearly so, and rest in the angleformed by the beveled ends of the stops 0 and the horizontal sightlinessof many.

part of the threshold. The wood is protected from undue wear, andconsequently displacement of the strip, by a small nail, a, driven closeto the edge of the strip, near its ends. As the door closes the upperedge of the strip is lifted against the lower edge of the door by abeveled screw-head, as shown in Fig. 1, and in said former LettersPatent. As the lower edge of the strip rests upon a plane surface, it ismade thin, so as to form a sharp pivot, and present a clean finishedsurface outside, not unlikean ordinary threshold. I prefer to bevel iton the inner side, as represented. The upper edge should also be beveledto match the angle of the carpetstrip A.

The weather-strip thus constructed rests in position solely by its owngravity. Not being fastened to the door-jamb or threshold at any point,it may be taken up in a moment to remove any dust or ice that mayaccumulate under it, and is as quickly replaced. Whether the door isopened or closed, the strip has the appearance of the beveled side of acommon threshold, and none of the un- Its extreme simplicity renders itinexpensive in manufacture, easy of application, and reliable inoperation.

Having thus briefly described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of door-sill A, carpetstrip A, weather-strip B, itsupper edge beveled to match the angle of the carpet-strip when incontact therewith and having a thin pivotal lower edge resting on thesill, stops 0, beveled at their lower ends to form a keeper for the endsof the weather-strip, and a door adapted to bring the upper edge of thestrip in contact with the bottom of the door when closed, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The combination of plane door-sill A, carpet-strip A, as described,thin-edged weather-strip B, stops 0, having their lower ends beveled toadmit the ends of the strip and with the sill retain it in position, andthe door D, having a bevel-headed screw in the bottom to lift the upperside of the strip as the door closes, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. The combination of .door D, having'za bevel-headed screw in thebottom, carpetstrip A, stops 0, beveled at their lower ends,Weatherstrip B, having a thin pivotal lower In testimony whereof I affixmy'signature in presence of two Witnesses. V

SOLOMON FUNK. 5 edge, and door-si11 A, having nail a near each end ofthe Weather-strip, adapted to prevent Witnesses: wear of the stops anddisplacement of the GEO. H. FUNK,

strip, substantially as set forth.

FRANK G. CLARKE.

